Category: Technology
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Privacy and Your VR Data
Full transparency, I started this post two years ago after F8 and the release of the Oculus Quest. Since then, Oculus Connect turned into Facebook Connect. Facebook is requiring Facebook sign ins on all Oculus devices, and I’m wondering, where does VR have left to go? There are still lots of people who love the…
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The Social Dilemma
The Social Dilemma is a documentary about the negative affects of social media (and the companies behind them) from ex-founders and app developers themselves. I was excited to see some people I’ve read about like Jaron Lanier, Shoshana Zuboff, and Jonathan Haidt in the film as well. Unfortunately, I started watching it late at night…
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Recreating a Website in WordPress with “No Code”
I believe it was Sako on Twitter who said instead of recreating landing pages, no code makers should attempt to recreate web interfaces into webpages with no code. But I am but a lowly no code hobbyist who thought my homepage needed a refresh. So I attempted to recreate this demo site in the Twenty…
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Surprise! Bose Frames: Audio AR in Style
My husband surprised me with a new gadget. A pair of Bose Frames – Bose sunglasses with built in audio in the temples. Bose augmented reality sunglasses talk to you, play music from your phone, and can handle phone calls all as if you had headphones in your ears. I’ve been wanting a pair of…
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Is 2020 The Year for Virtual Reality?
Every year since 2016 has been the year for VR. 2020 may be different as the pandemic pushes people to be physically distance, VR can bring them together.
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Apple and Google released contact tracing technology.
I made a mistake. On May 20, 2020 I updated my phone without thinking. I wrote about this very issue and yet my lizard brain went ahead and clicked “update”. Now Google’s COVID-19 Exposure API is on my phone. And I can’t turn it off. The best I can do is disable my Bluetooth, which…
Lily Snyder 